Archive for July 9th, 2009

Google working on Chrome OS for Netbooks

July 9th, 2009

Hot on the heels of its announcement of Chrome Google OS have a list of technology companies they work with to produce devices with the new platform. Excellence as an incomplete list, which list several names but we know that the Open Handset Alliance membership.

Google working on Chrome OS for Netbooks

Acer, Adobe, Asus, Freescale, HP, Lenovo, Qualcomm, Texas Instruments and Toshiba are all names, even if Google so are these “inter alia”. Notable by their absence are Sony and Dell, such as Samsung, the latter has obviously invested in Android, because it is the start of the I7500 Galaxy, and has a well preserved Netbook area.

The search giant has also confirmed that Google Chrome OS is a free product for the user, and open-source, later this year. Shipping products based on the OS – has been described as the Chrome browser session in a new window system on a Linux kernel – are not expected until the second half of 2010.

via slashgear

ASUS Eee PC T101H specs confirmed

July 9th, 2009

ASUS Eee PC T101H specs confirmed

ASUS secretly, quietly, the official specifications for larger Eee tablet PC, the convertible-T101H. Like the 8.9-inch T91 siblings, the T101H has an Intel Atom Z520 1.33GHz processor, 16 GB SSD (paired with a 16 GB SD card included) and a resistive touch screen, but in the case of the T101H that the LED-backlit panel is 10.1 cm.

The panel runs at 1024 x 600 resolution, while the 1 GB RAM (2 GB maximum), and the battery is a lithium-polymer pack obviously good for up to 5.4hrs. Wireless WiFi b g n, Bluetooth and a 3G module, together with GPS and digital television, but it is unclear whether the last three are on a single model T101H, or will in the various versions, as with the T91.

There is also a 0.3-megapixel webcam, stereo speakers and a digital array microphone, and the whole thing weighs 1.5 kg. ASUS UK have apparently confirmed that the Eee PC T101H is expected by the end of August or early September 2009, but since they are also suggesting that it runs Windows 7 (which is not released until October 22) we have ” re not quite sure whether this is correct. It is possible, a free upgrade to the new OS can be in the works. No word on pricing yet.